The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-07-28

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try bedrooms, and no chanoe 70 1ead
any kind Of life except that Of , hunter
6sher or 3 oleepy idlor n the cool dim
lit forest Of on ths tranquil surface Of 1
lonesome lake. ran across one on take
Heachem--a long, low, struggling, log.
built hotel facin9 the sandy beach Of .
lake that looked Ike huge sheet Of pol.
ished steel framed n green plush. The
snst kept no register, but asked your
home and remembered It, at least until
he had to ask II again. For public use
there was an Ofdce where the men
smoked and the landlord kept .
workbench; there was . versnds
where the young people walked
up and down IN the evening until their
parents called them h, and there was .
parlor for the adult ladies who spent the
days quivering with excitement 1est their
sons and husbands, OF IN the woods with
their guns, should shoot themselves or
each other. There ives Z llttle boat-
house, . pack Of hunting dogs and :
gathering Of idle guides, but Tor miles
around Ill else that was to be found was
the solitude, silence and mysterious
beauty Of the woods. Hero deer were 10
plenty Just then (the deer grounds sre
forever shifting) that boys were enabled
to butcher them In brutal fashion, and
the ladies out walking on the road more
than once saw the pretty creatures dash
across clear held close to the house or
dart over the wagon tracks ahead Of
them. The women accompanied the
men ct trout fishing and / never hope TO
see prettier picture than ! witnessed a.
! drove away from the place and came
suddenly on . brook cleaving the forest
amid . burst Of sunlight and found .
bevy. Of ladies spreading luncheon ON
rude little bridge above which the men
were deftly tickling the surface Of the
gurgling stream with theif long, light
lines and flies. / realized then, q / saw
the pretty women, their hats decked with
Wild flowers and their hands busy with
appetizing visnds from the baskets and
glanced ct the mon, high-booted In the
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their heads, that painten will never OK.
haust the field Of pictures - long - the
world goes round.
Down between the 6aranac lakes, at
Bartlett's, found almost - secluded
and quaint place where only dozen or
twenty guests were tucked away safe
from the hustle Of the world and st ease
in their flannels and with their plain
substantial fare and their sport with rod,
gun and boat. Such . bed a. was shown
to, under the slanting caves Of that old
house, with its high posts and canopy
and its surroundings Of farmhouse fur.
niture, would be rich treat to whoever
wants pure, unornamehted comfort or Q
glimpse at the life Of q former generation.
There are many interesting show places
in the "North Woods" as the people Of
New York State call this forest. Among
the natural wonders are some very tail
mountains, the list Of which 10 headed
by Mount Marcy and Old White Face.
Then there are the Wilmington Notch
and Au Sable Chasm, two wildly rugged
and picturesque points where the Au.
sable river squeezes it's troubled way
between dizzy cliffs or apparently right
the attractions added by the hand Of man
IL the Adirondack log-house, . pretty
and centrally situated four-story, log
framed hotel, as rustic outside as .
lumberman's shanty, but fitted within
like very complete modern hotel.
Close ct hand are the house and farm and
grave Of John Brown, the martyred
abolitionist. The property is preserved